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单词 malt-worm
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malt-wormn.

Brit. /ˈmɔːltwəːm/, /ˈmɒltwəːm/, U.S. /ˈmɔltˌwərm/, /ˈmɑltˌwərm/
Forms: see malt n.1 and worm n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: malt n.1, worm n., moltlong n.
Etymology: < malt n.1 + worm n. Sense 3 is a folk-etymological alteration of moltlong n.
1. A weevil which infests malt. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Curculionoidea or Rhyncophora > family Curculionidae or genus Curculio > member of (weevil)
weevilc725
gurgolionc1420
boudc1440
malt boud1440
malt-worm1440
minta1500
weezela1533
kis1658
pope1658
pipe beetle1712
piper1712
hog-beetle1758
rhynchophore1875
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 46 Bowde malte-worme, gurgulio.
1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth ix. sig. E.iii The malt worme playeth the deuyll so fast in the heade, that all the worlde ronneth rownde about on wheles.
2. A lover of malt beer (whisky, etc.); a heavy drinker. Now archaic.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess
houndOE
drinkerc1200
keach-cup?c1225
gulchcupa1250
bollerc1320
taverner1340
ale stake?1515
wine-bibber1535
bibber1536
swill-bowl1542
malt-wormc1550
rinse-pitcher1552
bibblera1556
ale knight1556
tosspot1568
ring-pigger1570
troll-the-bowl1575
malt-bug1577
gossip-pint-pot1580
black pot1582
alehouse knight1583
worrier1584
suck-spigot1585
bezzle1592
bezzlera1593
cup-leech1593
soaker1593
carouser1596
barley-cap1598
swiller1598
rob-pot1599
Philistine1600
sponge1600
wine-knight1601
fill-knaga1605
reel-pot1604
faithful1609
fill-pot1609
bouser1611
spigot-sucker1611
suck-pint1611
whip-can1611
bib-all-night1612
afternoon man1615
potling1616
Bacchanalian1617
bombard1617
pot-shot1617
potisuge1620
trougha1625
tumbrila1625
borachioa1627
pot-leech1630
kill-pota1637
biberon1637
bang-pitcher1639
son of Bacchusc1640
shuffler1642
suck-bottlea1652
swill-pot1653
poter1657
potatora1660
old soaker1665
fuddle cap1666
old toast1668
bubber1669
toper1673
ale-toast1691
Bacchant1699
fuddler1699
swill-belly1699
tickle-pitcher1699
whetter1709
draughtsmanc1720
bender1728
drammer1740
dram-drinker1744
drammist1756
rum-bud1805
siper1805
Bacchanal1812
boozera1819
rum-sucker1819
soak1820
imp of the spigot1821
polyposist1821
wineskin1821
sack-guzzler1823
sitfast1828
swill-flagon1829
cup-man1834
swiper1836
Lushington1851
lushing-man1859
bloat1860
pottle pot1860
tipsificator1873
tipsifier1873
pegger1874
swizzler1876
bibulant1883
toss-cup1883
lusher1895
stew-bum1902
shicker1906
stiff1907
souse1915
booze-hound1926
stumblebum1932
tanker1932
lush-hound1935
lushy1944
lush-head1945
binge drinker1946
pisshead1946
hophead1948
c1550 Drinking Song in Skelton's Wks. (1843) I. p. x Then dothe she troule To me the bolle As a goode malte worme sholde.
1580 G. Harvey in E. Spenser & G. Harvey Three Proper & Wittie Lett. 29 A morning bookeworm, an afternoone maltworm.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. i. 75 Mustachio purplehewd maltworms.
1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. Ev The whorson Mault-worm has a throat like the burning Clyme.
?1715 E. Ward (title) A vade-mecum for malt-worms.
1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 367 Many a gallon must be drunk by the veteran maltworm before intoxication.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Maut-worm, a lover of beer.
1991 E. S. Connell Alchymist's Jrnl. 4 I pretend to wallow in obsequious compliments while plucking feathers from the tails of malt-worm pseudologues in blue velvet.
3. = anbury n. 1. Cf. moltlong n. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle, horse, or sheep > [noun] > disorders of cattle or horses > growth or wart
anbury1566
angleberrya1585
malt-worm1610
nanberry1707
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. cviii. 390 The maltlong, or as some Farriers call it, the maltworme, is a cankerous soarrance aboue the hoofe, iust vpon the cronet.
1727 A. Boyer Dict. Royal II. at Malt Malt-long, or Malt-worm, Crevasse, Maladie de Cheval.
1789 W. Merrick Classical Farrier (ed. 2) 602 Maltongs or Maltworms. The is most commonly a humour inherent in the horse's nature.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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